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Fall 2007 Newsletter Presenting the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences for Southern Illinois and Beyond The University Museum What Can You Expect this Fall? A Nationally Known Sculptor Preston Jackson, BFA graduate from the SIUC School of Art & Design, Head of the Figurative Area at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and owner of the Side View Gallery in Peoria, comes to campus on September 7 at 6 p.m. for a gallery talk on his exhibit, Fresh from Julieanne s Garden. The exhibit runs through October 8. Kevin Nance, Art And Architecture Critic for the Chicago Sun Times, writes of this exhibit: The master C h i c a g o sculptor-writer mined African- A mer ican histor y and folklore to produce this stunning collection o f f i g u r a t i v e p i e c e s, which conjured the pain and triumphs of black women before, Preston Jackson working on model during and after the slavery era. [A]esthesia State of the Art Architectural Thinking The ability to feel and perceive Aesthesia is the idea behind SIUC Architecture s Shai Yeshayahu s group exhibit and symposium. Working in a multi-disciplinary forum with the ideas of John Dewey, R. Buckminster Fuller and John McHale and the ideas of invited scholars from many disciplines, the exhibit will feature original works that respond to physical needs and relationships in building and living. The exhibit will run from September 14 to October 26. The Symposium will take place September 28-29. For additional information, contact Shai Yeshayahu at shaiy@siu.edu or 618/453.3734. Mapping Southern Illinois Many pictures of Southern Illinois from the historical changes in its small towns to the course of the Mississippi River from local history to map collections from seismology to environmental resources come out in this exhibit created by talented individuals in the SIUC Departments of Geography, Geology, and Forestry, Morris Library, the University Museum and the region. A Harvest of Paintings Joan Skiver-Levy of West Frankfort, Illinois, 73, a native Southern Illinoisan, still doesn t have enough time for her artistic interests even after she has brought up her family, lived and worked in Chicago, championed the needs of parents of disabled children, and set up a computer tutoring business. But that hasn t stopped her from developing, as an artist, poet and vocalist. She comments, The pleasure to finally find myself Le Pepper, Joan Skiver-Levy and to express it in my art gives me the greatest joy of my life. A New Study Gallery In order to bring the Museum s collection to students, we are creating a Study Gallery where professors may put art and artifacts on display for their students. We first met with the Art History professors but plan to meet with professors across campus so they may put on reserve a piece that will give students a first-hand experience with what they are studying, commented Museum Director Dona Bachman. The selections will change each semester. Tell Us What You Want! You will find a questionnaire in this issue of the newsletter. We d welcome your responses, your ideas and your support. Won t you please return it! Inside Exhibits 2 More Exhibits/Programs 3 Behind the Scenes 4 Family Programs 5 Hours/How to Reach Us 6

EXHIBITS Fall 2007 CONTINUING EXHIBITS Through September 7 Mitchell Gallery Quixotic: Photographs by Bob Hageman In the spirit of Don Quixote, this film-based photography, stone sculpture, and photoassemblage represent Hageman s pursuit to rescue an oppressed need to make art. Unhinged, Bob Hageman Through September 9 South Two Gallery Patrons Choices: Selections from the Museum s Collection, curated by Dona Bachman You will be amazed at the diversity of choices from a canoe paddle to sketches by Enrico Caruso, from a child s toy to a nickelodeon. The Patrons have selected objects they d like you to know more about! Through September 30 Art Hall Selections from The University Museum s Morton May Collection, curated by Emily Bartok, Lindsey Baker, and Nate Steinbrink The St. Louis department store magnet, Morton May, amassed an outstanding collection of work by the people of Papua New Guinea. Nearly half of his collection came to the University Museum through then Professor of Anthropology Dr. Philip Dark. Through October 8 South One Gallery Preston Jackson, Sculptor: Fresh from Julieanne s Garden Preston Jackson, a graduate of SIUC, is one of the country s foremost sculptors. His series, Julieanne s Garden, look at the relationship between slaves and their white owners. NEW EXHIBITS August 21 - October 26 Atrium Gallery Joan Skiver-Levy: Paintings This exhibition covers a 25-year evolution in art. Paintings in oil, watercolor and acrylic. August 21 - November 16 International Gallery Guatemalan Textiles, curated by Lori Huffman The huipil, corte, camisa, pantalones and faja or the blouse, skirt, shirt, pants and belt of the highland cultural groups of Guatemala are featured in this exhibit. These items were hand-woven on the backstrap loom or treadle loom and decorated using supplementary weft patterning and embroidery. Collected in the summer of 1969, by then University Guatemalan Jacket fiber art instructor Ruth Ginsberg (Place), these textiles exhibit both traditional and modern weaving techniques and embellishments. September 14 - October 26 Mitchell Gallery [A]esthesia, curated by Shai Yeshayahu Want to know what is cutting edge in the world of architecture? Shai Yeshayahu of SIUC School of Architecture has created a group show featuring a mix of full-scale mockups, video projections and models. September 25 - December 7 South Two Gallery Mapping Southern Illinois What do Geography, Geology, Morris Library s Map Collection and other individuals across campus and Southern Illinois have in common? They ve put together this exhibit on the maps that define our region both past and present. 2 Map Committee Members have been working for a year on this exhibit. Back: Harry Davis (Library), Jonathan Remo (Geology), Harvey Henson (Geology), Karen Frailey (Forestry), Janet Fiorino (Library), Bob DeHoet (Museum). Front: Nate Steinbrink (Museum), Ama Hapke (Public Administration), Kay Ripplemeyer-Tippy (Historian), Dona Bachman (Museum). Not pictured: Wendy Bigler (Geography).

MORE EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS Fall Receptions October 19 December 14 Art Hall Note: Parking on campus is open after 4 p.m. on weekdays., curated by John J. Lustig This traveling exhibit from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, features works produced in 1935 by such artists as John Curry, Rockwell Kent, and Diego Rivera and many less familiar artists. While some have specifically holiday themes, many present a signature illustration typical of the artist. An altogether charming collection. November 2 December 7 Mitchell & Atrium Galleries Friday, September 7, 4-7 p.m. Preston Jackson Joan Skiver-Levy Friday, Sept. 28, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Snow in the Mountains, Adolf Dehn (Following Talk in Browne Auditorium) [A]esthesia The Annual Combined Faculty Art Exhibition Friday, October 5, 4-7 p.m. November 2 December 7 South One Friday, November 2, 4-7 p.m. Mapping Southern Illinois Guatemalan Textiles Faculty from across campus display their works. Combined Faculty MFA Preview Master of Fine Arts Preview Exhibition The MFA candidates for 2008 present one work from their thesis show. A great sneak preview of our students Spring shows. Learning Adventures for All Ages Franklin Stove, Wanda Gag BotanyQuest: Secrets of the Missing Plants with Karen Frailey and Bob DeHoet October 20: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. BotanyQuest is for participants 15 years of age and up. Pre-registration is required. Please call the Museum: 618/453.5388. No charge. Maximum enrollment is 15. Meeting Place: University Museum. Rain Date: October 27 BotanyQuest Part I: 1:00-2:30 Looking for the Things of Nature November 2 December 9 Sales in the Museum Store Milky Way, Ronau W. Wolceske 3 Participants will do a field study on the SIUC campus to create their own botany journal of missing plants. BotanyQuest Part 2: 2:45-4:00 Searching for the Inner Life of Plants. Using plant photos and drawings from their field study, participants will explore the expressive possibilities of plants through contour drawings and color.

BEHIND THE SCENES Visually Impaired See Neher Exhibit Through a grant from Carbondale Community Arts Southern Arts Fund, Vickie Devenport, director of WSIU s Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS), was able to record an audio tour of the Museum s Neher Collection of African Art exhibit this past Summer. Visually impaired tour the Museum The exhibit featured artifacts from several Nigerian tribes, which were donated to the Museum by Anna, Illinois natives Gerald and Lois Neher, who served as missionaries in Nigeria. Participants in the Neher exhibit used a portable CD player and headset to see the exhibit. Students from SIUC s Disability Support Services served as guides. Gerald and Lois Neher were on hand to provide artifacts that could be handled by the participants and to answer questions about the collection. According to exhibit curator, Lori Huffman, this was a wonderful test run. If funding and staff are available, we d like to try this again. Audio description of the arts is gaining momentum in larger metropolitan areas in the United States and Europe, but the audio version of the Neher collection is the first of its kind for Southern Illinois. For more information about the project you may contact Vickie Devenport at 618/453.6148 or vickie.devenport@wsiu.org. Podcasts of Jackson Interview Nate Steinbrink s Museum design courses look at more than just construction and installation. In the Spring of 2007, one of his Independent Studies students, history major Jack Reid, interviewed artist Preston Jackson in his Peoria studio to provide material for a podcast and audio interpretation of the exhibit. The podcast may be downloaded from the Museum s website (www. museum.siu.edu) so that listeners may hear Jackson s thoughts on his years at SIUC and his work as an artist. Busy Patrons Blanche Sloan and other Patrons continue to assist Carbondale s Stage Company in securing a new location. Gayle Klam and Marianne Lather are working with Carbondale Community Arts to bring a traveling Smithsonian exhibit on American Roots music to the University Mall this fall. They are looking for volunteers to serve as Docents for the exhibit, which will run September 29th to November 10th, 2007. If you would like to be a docent, call Marianne at 618/687.1588 or e-mail Gayle at g.klam@ mchsi.com. Also if anyone has old musical instruments, radios or phonographs he/she wouldn t mind loaning for the exhibit, or musical memorabilia, like posters, photographs, or even stories, contact Gayle at 618/549.1868 or g.klam@mchsi.com. The Patrons first Honorary Chair, Gwendolyn P. Walker, is donating her late husband s favorite attaché case to the Museum. Dr. James E. Walker, the first African American President of the Southern Illinois University system, served from 2000 to 2005. Mrs. Walker also donated a golf figurine a favorite pastime and a photograph of Dr. Walker, Fidel Castro and Paul Simon taken during a University visit to Cuba. Many of our Patrons provided excellent research on their selections for the Patrons Choices exhibit, which continues through September 9. Dr. Stuart Fischoff supplied a scholarly report on a nickelodeon, Judy and Will Travelstead researched a historic Southern Illinois made jug and found information on the company which made it, and Parviz and Kathy Sanjabi filled in information on a backgammon set from Iran. Wish List Like all non-profit organizations, the University Museum has a long wish list. Here are just some of the things we need. There are no funds for them, so if you can help, we would greatly appreciate it. If you d like to talk with me about any of these items or any thing else, please contact me at 618/453.5388 or dbachman@siu. edu. Thank you. - Dona Bachman, Museum Director Refrigerator and microwave for receptions 2 heavy-duty rolling clothes racks ($100 each) 32-day hygrothermograph to measure temperature/humidity for art ($700) Framing of Master Artists prints ($75 each) Vitrines (plexi-glass pedestal toppers) ($1,000) New wood and building materials Museum Studies Books: Museum Forms Book. 1999 ($50.00) The AAM Guide to Collections Planning. 2004. ($25.00) Museums and Memory. Susan Crane, ed. 2000. ($22.95) Beverly Serrell. Judging Exhibitions. 2006. ($25.00) Jacobo Krauel, Exhibition Design. 2006. ($35.77) 4

The University Museum s Completely Free Programs PROGRAMS The Museum s Completely Free programs focus on providing a direction for creativity, often using Museum exhibits as a starting point. The programs are for participants ages 7-14. Pre-registration is required. To register, just call the Museum, at 618/453.5388. Lead Group Programs already have groups scheduled to participate. The Lead Group for Mapping My Neighborhood (October 6), and Sculpture That Moves (November 3), is the Carbondale Area Girl Scouts. Additional registration for these programs is limited to 7. September 22, ages 8-14. Mask Makers: Making Faces We will look at a variety of possibilities for mask faces, from faces found in Melanesian masks to abstract faces found in the artwork of Modigliani and Picasso. Participants will then create a 3-dimensional, mixed media mask inspired by these possibilities and their own creativity. October 6, ages 7-14. Special Places: Mapping My Neighborhood Participants will look at and discuss the Museum s Mapping Southern Illinois exhibit, then make maps of their own neighborhoods and the special places in them. Participants are encouraged to bring small, light items that can be added to maps to g i v e them added meaning (such as a leaf, a marble, a flower). November 3, ages 7-14 A Banner Season: Using Symbols, Shapes and Designs to Advertise Yourself Banners are found all around the world, from web sites to sports arenas to the home. Like other types of art, banners use symbols, shapes and design to catch our attention and send a message. Participants in this workshop will look at and discuss the use of symbols, shapes, and Guatemalan bag designs in the Museum s Guatemalan textile exhibit and in other works of art. Participants will then design banners advertising themselves and the special things in their lives. December 1, ages 7-14 Sculpture That Moves! Mobiles and Stabiles Sculpture that moves! Alexander Calder created some of the greatest kinetic sculpture (sculpture that moves) of the 20th Century. Participants will look at a presentation showing sculptures by this 20th Century master artist and at Calder artwork from the Museum collection. Then students will create stabiles, standing sculptures that move on a balance point, and mobiles, hanging, spinning sculptures. December 8, ages 8-14 Print Makers: Holiday Cards We will look at and discuss artwork in the Museum exhibit New Deal Greeting Cards. Following this, participants will design their own greeting cards for the holidays, then create these cards using foam plates and stamps. Fall 2007 Child and Globe, Peggy Bacon 5 Sleds and Snow, Grant Reynard

LINCOLN DRIVE LINCOLN DRIVE The University Museum ELIZABETH STREET STUDENT CENTER THOMPSON WOODS FOREST STREET MORRIS LIBRARY STADIUM FANER MUSEUM FANER DRIVE SITY PARKING KEY Open to public weekends + after 4pm weekdays Metered on-campus public parking Metered city parking ROUTE 51 SHRYOCK ALTGELD WOODY PULLIAM SOUTH NORMAL AVENUE LINCOLN DRIVE MILL STREET Southern Illinois University Carbondale POPLAR STREET Fernando M. Treviño, Chancellor Alan C. Vaux, Dean, College of Liberal Arts PARK STREET BRUSH TOWERS Museum Galleries & Store Hours Fall Semester 2007 GRAND AVENUE August 21 December 14, 2007 Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday: 1 p.m. 4 p.m. Closed University breaks and holidays: September 3 November 17 - November 25 December 15 - January 13, 2008 The Museum s Administrative Office, Faner 2469, is open Mondays-Fridays: 8 a.m. to Noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Closed September 3, November 22-23, December 24-January 1, 2008. I.C. R.R. We look forward to seeing you... Admission: Free, donations welcomed WASHINGTON AVENUE ILLINOIS AVENUE UNIVERSITY AVENUE The Museum is located in the north end of Faner Hall. Campus parking is open after 4 p.m. on weekdays and on Saturday and Sunday. Metered parking is located opposite the Student Center. For information: 618/453.5388 Fax: 618/453.7409 E-mail: museum@siu.edu Website: www.museum.siu.edu Museum Staff: Dr. Dona Bachman, Director Bob DeHoet, Education Program Director Lori Huffman, Curator of Collections Nate Steinbrink, Exhibits Designer Joanie Martin, Secretary Printed by SIUC Printing & Duplicating Services, Carbondale, IL Printed by the authority of the State of Illinois 08/07 1.5M 72557 The University Museum Faner Hall - Mail Code 4508 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1000 Faner Drive Carbondale, IL 62901 Mission The University Museum serves Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the greater Southern Illinois community, and beyond as a steward of the past and a gateway to the present and future. As a professional museum we collect, preserve, research, and exhibit a diverse and engaging range of artifacts and objects illuminating the local and world connections behind the arts, humanities, and sciences. As a teaching museum, we offer hands-on opportunities in progressive museum practices and provide leadership to museums across the region. Artist Preston Jackson will give a Gallery Talk on his exhibit at 6 p.m. during a Reception on Friday, September 7 at the Museum. At the same event, enjoy Joan Skiver-Levy s painintgs and jazz by Mary Ann Barnett from 4-6 p.m. War Secrets, Preston Jackson